Produced by David Widger






STORIES AND TALES OF THE IRISH

By William Carleton


AN INDEX


Edited by David Widger
Project Gutenberg Editions




CONTENTS

##  Willy Reilly
##  Fardorougha, The Miser
##  Black Baronet
##  The Evil Eye
##  Jane Sinclair
##  Lha Dhu
##  The Dead Boxer
##  Ellen Duncan
##  The Proctor's Daughter
##  Valentine M'Clutchy
##  The Tithe-Proctor
##  The Emigrants Of Ahadarra
##  Ned M'Keown
##  The Three Tasks
##  Shane Fadh's Wedding
##  Larry M'Farland's Wake
##  The Battle Of The Factions
##  The Station
##  The Party Fight And Funeral
##  The Lough Derg Pilgrim
##  The Hedge School
##  The Midnight Mass
##  The Donagh
##  Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver
##  The Geography Of An Irish Oath
##  The Lianhan Shee
##  Going To Maynooth
##  The Poor Scholar
##  The Black Prophet
##  Phelim Otoole's Courtship
##  Wildgoose Lodge
##  Tubber Derg (The Red Well)
##  Neal Malone
##  Art Maguire (The Broken Pledge)




VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES


Willy Reilly
PREFACE 	 To The Second Edition
CHAPTER I.	An Adventure and an Escape.
CHAPTER II.	The Cooleen Baum.
CHAPTER III.	Daring Attempt of the Red Rapparee
CHAPTER IV.	His Rival makes his Appearance, and its Consequences
CHAPTER V.	The Plot and the Victims.
CHAPTER VI.	The Warning an Escape
CHAPTER VII.	An Accidental Incident favorable to Reilly
CHAPTER VIII.	A Conflagration An Escape And an Adventure
CHAPTER IX.	A Prospect of Bygone Times
CHAPTER X.	Scenes that took place in the Mountain Cave
CHAPTER XI.	The Squire's Dinner and his Guests.
CHAPTER XII.	Sir Robert Meets a Brother Sportsman
CHAPTER XIII.	Reilly is Taken, but Connived at by the Sheriff
CHAPTER XIV.	Reilly takes Service with Squire Folliard.
CHAPTER XV.	More of Whitecraft's Plots and Pranks
CHAPTER XVI.	Sir Robert ingeniously extricates Himself out of difficulty
CHAPTER XVII.	Awful Conduct of Squire Folliard
CHAPTER XVIII.	Something not very Pleasant for all Parties.
CHAPTER XIX.	Reilly's Disguise Penetrated
CHAPTER XX.	The Rapparee Secured
CHAPTER XXI.	Sir Robert Accepts of an Invitation.
CHAPTER XXII.	The Squire Comforts Whitecraft in his Affliction.
CHAPTER XXIII.  	The Squire becomes Theological and a Proselytizer
CHAPTER XXIV.	Jury of the Olden Time
CHAPTER XXV.	Reilly stands his Trial
List of Illustrations

Page 11 Is It a Double Murder You Are About to Execute?

Page 18 Looked With Her Dark Eyes Upon Reilly

Page 28 (and Frontispiece) You Must Endeavor to Convert Him from Popery

Page 29 Readjustment of his Toilet, at the Large Mirror

Page 35 Touch Me Not, Sir

Page 65 Dashed up to the Scene of Struggle

Page 65a I Entreat You, to Show These Men Mercy Now

Page 91 Here, Now, I Spread out My Armsfire!

Age 115 Isn't he a Nice Bit of Goods to Run Away With A Pretty Girl?

Page 140 Discharged a Pistol at Our Hero

Page 143 No, Sir Robert, I Cannot Take Your Hand

Page 157 There is Not a Toss-up Between Them

Page 175 Give That Ring to the Prisoner

Page 176 What, What is This? What Do You Mean?

Page 182 It is He! It Is He!

Page 183 My Son! My Son!




Fardorougha, The Miser

PART I.

PART II.

PART III.

PART IV.

PART V.

PART VI.

PART VII.

PART VIII. AND LAST.
List of Illustrations

Page 191 Imprinted the Father's First Kiss

Page 245 He Rattled, and Thumped, And Screamed

Page 282 O'donovan Took the Beloved One in his Arms

Page 311 Most Frightful of All Precipicesdeath




Black Baronet
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.	A Mail-coach by Night, and a Bit of Moonshine.
CHAPTER II. 	The Town and its Inhabitants.
CHAPTER III.	Pauden Gair's Receipt how to make a Bad Dinner a Good One
CHAPTER IV.	An Anonymous Letter
CHAPTER V.	Sir Thomas Gourlay fails in unmasking the Stranger
CHAPTER VI.	Extraordinary Scene between Fenton and the Stranger.
CHAPTER VII. 	The Baronet attempts by Falsehood
CHAPTER VIII.	The Fortune-TellerAn Equivocal Prediction.
CHAPTER IX.	Candor and Dissimulation
CHAPTER X.	A Family Dialogueand a Secret nearly Discovered.
CHAPTER XI.	The Stranger's Visit to Father MacMalum.
CHAPTER XII.	Crackenfudge Outwitted by Fenton
CHAPTER XIII.	The Stranger's Second Visit to Father M'Mahon
CHAPTER XIV.	Crackenfudge put upon a Wrong Scent
CHAPTER XV.	Interview between Lady Gourlay and the Stranger
CHAPTER XVI.	Conception and Perpetration of a Diabolical Plot against Fenton.
CHAPTER XVII.	A Scene in Jemmy Trailcudgel's
CHAPTER XVIII.	Dunphy visits the County Wicklow
CHAPTER XIX.	Interview between Trailcudgel and the Stranger
CHAPTER XX.	Interview between Lords Cullamore, Dunroe, and Lady Emily
CHAPTER XXI.	A Spy Rewarded
CHAPTER XXII.	Lucy at Summerfield Cottage.
CHAPTER XXIII.	A Lunch in Summerfield Cottage.
CHAPTER XXIV. 	An Irish Watchhouse in the time of the "Charlies."
CHAPTER XXV.	The Police Office
CHAPTER XXVI.	The Priest Returns Sir Thomas's Money and Pistols
CHAPTER XXVII.	Lucy calls upon Lady Gourlay, where she meets her Lover
CHAPTER XXVIII.	Innocence and Affection overcome by Fraud and Hypocrisy
CHAPTER XXIX.	Lord Dunroe's Affection for his Father
CHAPTER XXX.	A Courtship on Novel Principles.
CHAPTER XXXI.	The Priest goes into Corbet's House very like a Thief
CHAPTER XXXII.	Discovery of the Baronet's Son
CHAPTER XXXIII. 	The Priest asks for a Loan of Fifty Guineas
CHAPTER XXXIV. 	Young Gourlay's Affectionate Interview with His Father
CHAPTER XXXV.	Lucy's Vain but Affecting Expostulation with her Father
CHAPTER XXXVI.	Contains a Variety of Matters
CHAPTER XXXVII.	Dandy's Visit to Summerfield Cottage
CHAPTER XXXVIII.	An Unpleasant Disclosure to Dunroe
CHAPTER XXXIX.	Fenton RecoveredThe Mad-House
CHAPTER XL.	Lady Gourlay sees her Son.
CHAPTER XLI.	Denouement.
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 329 A Pair of Enormous Legs, With Spurs on Them

Page 350 How Will You Be Prepared to Render an Account

Page 409 He Stooped and Wildly Kissed Her Now Passive Lips

Page 446 Pistols, Which he Instantly Cocked, and Held Ready

Page 584 A Faint Smile Seemed to Light up his Face




The Evil Eye
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.	Short and Preliminary
CHAPTER II.	A Murderer's Wake and the Arrival of a Stranger
CHAPTER III.	Breakfast next morning
CHAPTER IV.	Woodward meets a Guide
CHAPTER V.	The BonfireThe Prodigy
CHAPTER VI.	Shawn-na-Middogue
CHAPTER VII.	A Council of Two
CHAPTER VIII.	A Healing of the Breach
CHAPTER IX.	Chase of the White Hare
CHAPTER X.	True Love Defeated
CHAPTER XI.	A Conjurer's Levee
CHAPTER XII.	Fortune-telling
CHAPTER XIII.	Woodward is Discarded from Mr. Goodwin's Family
CHAPTER XIV.	Shawn-na-Middogue Stabs Charles Lindsay
CHAPTER XV.	The Banshee.
CHAPTER XVI.	A House of Sorrow
CHAPTER XVII.	Description of the Original Tory
CHAPTER XVIII.	The Toir, or Tory Hunt
CHAPTER XIX.	Plans and Negotiations
CHAPTER XX.	Woodward's Visit to Ballyspellan
CHAPTER XXI.	The Dinner at Ballyspellan
CHAPTER XXII.	History of the Black Spectre
CHAPTER XXIII.  	Greatrakes at WorkDenouement
List of Illustrations
Frontispiece
Titlepage
Page 631 The Gaze Was Long and Combative
Page 652 I Will Follow It Until Morning
Page 697 One Long, Dark, Inexplicable Gaze
Page 736 Shawn-na-middogue, Your Mother's Victim
Page 774 Kiss You for the Sake of Our Early Love




Jane Sinclair

PART I.

PART II.

PART III.
List of Illustrations

Page 5 Having Gained the Bank, he Approached Them

Page 44 Spot Which Would Have Been Fatal to You

Page 52 How is This?how Is This?he Is Not Here!




Lha Dhu




The Dead Boxer

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 91 With Stealthy Pace he Crept Over

Page 110 He Made a Stab at My Neck




Ellen Duncan

ELLEN DUNCAN

THE PROCTOR'S DAUGHTER
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 120 One Long and Lingering Look of Affection

Page 124 "Shame! Oh, for Shame!" Were the First Exclamations




Valentine M'Clutchy
PREFACE
CHAPTER I.	An Irish Pair and Spoileen Tent
CHAPTER II.	Birth and Origin of Mr. M'Clutchy
CHAPTER III.	Solomon M'Slime, a Religious Attorney
CHAPTER IV.	Poll Doolin, the Child Cadger
CHAPTER V.	A Mysterious Meeting
CHAPTER VI.	The Life and Virtues of an Irish Absentee
CHAPTER VII.	Reflections on Absenteeism
CHAPTER VIII.	Poverty and Sorrow
CHAPTER IX.	A Dialogue, exhibiting Singular Principles of Justice
CHAPTER X.	A Dutiful Grandson and a Respectable Grandmother
CHAPTER XI.	Darby and Solomon at Prayer
CHAPTER XII.	Interview between Darby and Mr. Lucre
CHAPTER XIII.	Darby's Brief Retirement from Public Life.
CHAPTER XIV.	Poll Doolin's Honesty, and Phil's Gallantry
CHAPTER XV.	Objects of an English Traveller
CHAPTER XVI.	Solomon in Trouble
CHAPTER XVII.	A Moral Survey, or a Wise Man led by a Fool
CHAPTER XVIII.	An Execution by Val's Blood-Hounds
CHAPTER XIX.	An Orange Lodge at Full Work
CHAPTER XX.	Sobriety and Loyalty
CHAPTER XXI.	Darby's Piety Rewarded
CHAPTEK XXII.	Castle Cumber Grand Jury Room
CHAPTER XXIII.	A Rent Day
CHAPTEK XXIV.	Raymond's Sense of Justice
CHAPTER XXV.	Val and his Son brought to Trial
CHAPTER XXVI.	Harman's Interview with Mary M'Loughlin
CHAPTER XXVII.	Bob Beatty's Last Illness
CHAPTER XXVIII.  	Darby is a Spiritual Ganymede
CHAPTER XXIX.	Solomon Suffers a Little Retribution
CHAPTER XXX.	The Mountain Grave-Yard
CHAPTER XXXI.	Richard Topertoe and his Brother
List of Illustrations

Page 142 There's As Many Curses Before You in Hell

Page 186 See, Mary, Seethey're Gallopin

Page 216 Oh, What a Sweet Convert You Are

Page 231 Borrow the Loan of Your Religion

Page 233 How Many Articles in Your Church?

Page 322 "Ah, Very Right," Said Bob.

Page 355 Such Was the End of Valentine M'clutchy




The Tithe-Proctor
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.	The Chapel Green of Esker Dearg.
CHAPTER II.	The Proctor's Principles and His Family.
CHAPTER III.	Mountain Legislation, and its Executive of Blood.
CHAPTER IV.	Mirth and MurderA Tithe-Proctor's Office.
CHAPTER V.	A Hang-Choice ShotThe "Garrison" on Short Commons.
CHAPTER VI.	Unexpected GenerosityA False Alarm.
CHAPTER VII.	A Shoneen Magistrate Distributing Justice.
CHAPTER VIII.	An Unreformed Church
CHAPTER IX.	Sport in the Mountains.
CHAPTER X.	The Sport Continued.
CHAPTER XI.	The Sport Still Continued.
CHAPTER XII.	Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire.
CHAPTER XIII.	Strange FacesDare-Devil O'Driscol Aroused
CHAPTER XIV.	State of the Country
CHARTER XV.	Scene in a ParsonageAnti-Tithe Ringleader.
CHAPTER XVI.	Massacre of Carrickshock
CHAPTER XVII.  	Midnight Court of Justice
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 374 the Priest Interfered, and Prevented A Conflict

Page 421 Just Trust Yourself to Me

Page 445 Alarmed at the Appearance of a Lawless Whiteboy

Destruction of the Castle




The Emigrants Of Ahadarra
CHAPTER I.	A strong Farmer's Establishment and Family.
CHAPTER II.	Gerald Cavanagh and his Family
CHAPTER III.	Jemmy Burke Refuses to be, Made a Fool Of
CHAPTER IV.	A Poteen Still-House at MidnightIts Inmates.
CHAPTER V.	Who Robbed Jemmy Burke?
CHAPTEE VI.	Nanny Peety looks mysterious
CHAPTER VII.	The Spinster's Kemp.
CHAPTER VIII.	Anonymous Letter with a Name to It
CHAPTER IX.	A Little Polities, Much Friendship, and Some Mystery
CHAPTER X.	More of the Hycy Correspondence
CHAPTEE XI.	Death of a Virtuous Mother.
CHAPTER XII.	Hycy Concerts a Plot and is urged to Marry.
CHAPTER XIII.	Mrs. M'Mahon's Funeral.
CHAPTER XIV.	Mysterious Letter
CHAPTER XV.	State of the Country
CHAPTER XVI.	A Spar Between Kate and Philip Hogan
CHAPTER XVII.	Interview between Hycy and Finigan
CHAPTER XVIII.	A Family Dialogue
CHAPTER XIX.	Bryan Bribedis Rejected by Kathleen.
CHAPTER XX.	M'Mahon is Denounced from the Altar
CHAPTER XXI.	Thomas M'Mahon is forced to determine on Emigration.
CHAPTER XII.	Mystery Among the Hogans
CHAPTER XXIII.	Harry Clinton's Benevolence Defeated
CHAPTER XXIV.	Thoughts on Our Country and Our Countrymen
CHAPTER XXV.	The Old PlacesDeath of a Patriarch.
CHAPTEE XXVI.	Containing a Variety of Matters.
CHAPTER XXVII.  	Conclusion.
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 403Peety Dhu Turned Towards the House

Page 603 Country Where I'd Not See These Ould Hills

Page 623 I Must Leave YouI Must Go

Page 635 Hycy Received the Money, Set Spurs to his Horse




Ned M'Keown

INTRODUCTION.

NED M'KEOWN.

THE THREE TASKS.

SHANE FADH'S WEDDING.

LARRY M'FARLAND'S WAKE.

THE BATTLE OF THE FACTIONS.
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 656 Bringing Home "graceless Ned,"

Age 676 Throw It over Your Left Shoulder

Page 693 How he Kept his Sate So Long Has Puzzled Me

Page 713 'Why, Larry,' Says He, 'how Did You Get In'

Page 725 The Man Who Could Hit That Could Hit Anything




The Station

THE STATION.

THE PARTY FIGHT AND FUNERAL.

THE LOUGH DERG PILGRIM.
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 756 They Set Off, Whip and Spur, at Full Speed

Page 763 Usually Stood, Shaking at Us his Rod

Page 818 In This Trim Did I Return to My Friends




The Hedge School

THE HEDGE SCHOOL.

THE MIDNIGHT MASS.

THE DONAGH; OR, THE HORSE STEALERS.
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 831 The Findramore Boys Have Sacked You at Last

Page 886 Upon the Very Spot Where he Had Shot His Rival

Page 899 Have I Murdhered My Daughter?




Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver

PHIL PURCEL, THE PIG-DRIVER.

THE GEOGRAPHY OF AN IRISH OATH.

THE LIANHAN SHEE.
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 911 These Be Not Hirish Pigs at Oll

Page 919 A Rueful Blank Expression in his Visage

Page 975 Who's There?What Are You?Speak!




Going To Maynooth
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 985 You're a Fool, Misther O'Shaughnessy!




The Poor Scholar
List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Titlepage

Page 1099 Received a Rather Vigorous Thwack on the Ear




The Black Prophet

CHAPTER I.  Glendhu, or the Black Glen; Scene of Domestic Affection.

CHAPTER II.  The Black Prophet Prophesies.

CHAPTER III.  A Family on the DeclineOmens.

CHAPTER IV.  A Dance, and Double Discovery.

CHAPTER V.  The Black Prophet is Startled by a Black Prophecy.

CHAPTER VI.  A Rustic Miser and His Establishment

CHAPTER VII.  A Panorama of Misery.

CHAPTER VIII.  A Middle Man and MagistrateMaster and Man.

CHAPTER IX.  Meeting of StrangersMysterious Dialogue.

CHAPTER X.  The Black Prophet makes a Disclosure.

CHAPTER XI.  Pity and Remorse.

CHAPTER XII.  Famine, Death, and Sorrow.

CHAPTER XIII.  Sarah's Defence of a Murderer.

CHAPTEE XIV.  A Middleman Magistrate of the Old School, and his Clerk.

CHAPTER XV.  A Plot and a Prophecy.

CHAPTER XVI.  Mysterious Disappearance of the Tobacco-box.

CHAPTER XVII.  National CalamitySarah in Love and Sorrow.

CHAPTER XVIII.  Love Wins the Race from Profligacy.

CHAPTER XIX.  Hanlon Secures the Tobacco-box.Strange Scene

CHAPTER XX.  TumultsConfessions of Murder.

CHAPTEE XXI.  Condy Datton goes to Prison.

CHAPTER XXII.  Re-appearance of the BoxFriendly Dialogue

CHAPTER XXIII.  Darby in DangerNature Triumphs.

CHAPTER XXIV.  Rivalry.

CHAPTEE XXV.  Sarah Without Hope.

CHAPTER XXVI.  The Pedlar Runs a Close Risk of the Stocks.

CHAPTER XXVII.  Sarah IllMave Again, Heroic.

CHAPTER XXVIII.  Double Treachery.

CHAPTER XXIX.  A Picture of the PresentSarah Breaks her Word.

CHAPTER XXX.  Self-sacrificeVillany

CHAPTER XXXI.  A Double TrialRetributive Justice.

CHAPTER XXXII.  Conclusion.
List of Illustrations

Page 785 "It's False," Replied the Young Fellow

Page 807 Tom's Clutches Were Again at his Throat

Page 834 The Prophet's Brow Darkened

Page 847 I'll Tell You Nothing About It

Page 853 His Eye, Like That of His Father, When Enraged

Page 913 I'll Have Nothing to Do With This Robbery




Phelim Otoole's Courtship

PHELIM O'TOOLE'S COURTSHIP.

WILDGOOSE LODGE

TUBBER DERG; Or, THE RED WELL.

NEAL MALONE.

ART MAGUIRE; OR, THE BROKEN PLEDGE
List of Illustrations

Page Wg939 By This Sacred An' Holy Book of God

Page Am994 At Length Margaret Spoke

Page Am1018 They Immediately Expelled Him

Page Am1019 There's a Sleep That Nobody Wakens From










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